Thanks to his no-hit performance against the Kansas City Royals last Monday, Boston Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester was named co-American League Player of the Week along with Detroit Tigers outfielder Magglio Ordonez. Lester, who successfully returned from treatment for anaplastic large-cell lymphoma in 2006 to pitch the final game in the 2007 World Series, walked two batters and struck out nine batters in throwing the second no-hitter by a Boston pitcher in eight months. It also marked the eighteenth in franchise history and the first no-no thrown by a Boston southpaw since Mel Parnell tossed one in 1956. Lester finished the week with a 1-1 record and a 1.93 ERA over 14 innings of work and now sports a 3-3 record with a 3.55 ERA in 12 starts this season. The award was Lester’s first and the third such award won by a Boston player this season after left fielder Manny Ramirez and first baseman Kevin Youkilis.

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